UTMB Health

About UTMB Health
The University of Texas Medical Branch

For 125 years, UTMB has stood with Texas—training the health care workforce; helping make the state a leader in advancing the understanding and treatment of illness and injury; serving as a major provider of health care for Texans and their families; and innovating the future of how care is delivered.

UTMB opened in 1891 as the nation’s first public medical school and hospital under unified leadership—already a pioneer. What began as one hospital and medical school building in Galveston is now a major academic health sciences center of global influence, with medical, nursing, health professions and graduate biomedical schools; a world-renowned research enterprise; and a growing, comprehensive health system with hospitals on three campuses and a network of clinics. Today, UTMB has a $3.3 billion annual statewide economic impact, in terms of business volume, personal income and durable goods purchases. More than 42,000 jobs in Texas are directly or indirectly attributed to UTMB.

UTMB Leadership

"UTMB has a long and marvelous history of advancing health sciences education,
research and patient care. It was the first academic health center in Texas and
is home to the state’s first schools of medicine, nursing and allied health sciences.
For 125 years, the university has maintained a forward-thinking spirit that has enabled
it to serve its students, its patients and people in Texas and beyond in innovative ways.

That pioneering spirit is alive and well today, enabling us to honor our legacy even as we
expand our focus to improve health care worldwide. The members of the UTMB community share
a deep commitment to service, an enduring dedication to excellence, a strong desire to
blaze new trails and a great willingness to leverage their extraordinary expertise."